Re: [Exim] exim's databases and sql

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:11:38PM +0200, Kirill Miazine wrote:
> > > i don't think i'd like that much.
> > Yes, that's exactly what I mean. I was more thinking about an option to
> > store the hints/callout db in sql instead of on the filesystem.
> Why? I cannot see any benefits at all from doing what you are thinking.

To work around file locking contention against the filesystem-based db.
This is a big problem on high-throughput relays.